The Characters

When a power-crazed despot schemes to to buy California from Mexico, it takes two Zorros---the legendary Don Diego de le Vega (Anthony Hopkins) and his chosen successor Alejandro Murietta (Antonio Banderas), a dashing bandit-turned-hero---to defeat the tyrant's unscrupulous plans. But can even their combined skills, bravado and derring-do be enough to achieve Diego's ultimate goal: revenge against the man who killed his wife, kidnapped his daughter, and held him prisoner for twenty years?

 

Each of the characters in the film carry a poignant sense of depth that some other productions are entirely without. In this section you will learn a little about each of the main characters -- their traits, their part in the film, their temperament and so on, as well as who played them. If you haven't seen the film yet and are doing a bit of scouting first, beware of spoilers.